Adam Blenford on Photojournalism
Choose the best photojournalism of the decade
Photo District News is seeking an answer one of journalism's great subjective questions: what are the best news photographs of the current decade? PDN’s 30th anniversary issue will honor your choice of the most memorable and influential photographs of the last...
Prix Pictet highlights changing Earth
The shortlist for the second edition of the Prix Pictet has been announced, showcasing serious and thought-provoking photography about the state of our planet. Conceived as a prize to highlight environmental photography, the Prix Pictet has quickly become one...
Steve McCurry on becoming a photographer
Steve McCurry is one of my favourite photographers. Famous for his images of Asia, his work is always a pleasure to come back to. His richly-textured collection South Southeast is one of just a handful of photo books to...
Video SLRs redefine photojournalism
There's a lot written about the future of journalism, of photojournalism, of video journalism. Too much, perhaps. Even as write this, yet another link with almost that exact title popped into my Twitter feed, via the ever-quote-happy Arianna Huffington....
Photographing the G20: A tough day at the office
The furore over police attitudes to protesters and police during the G20 protests in London at the start of this month rages on, with clear sides beginning to emerge in the debate. If the police had hoped the focus...
TS Satyan: A life less hurried
"I have begun to despise politicians and their ways. At my age, I don’t want to photograph any of them unless Barack Obama visits India." As India goes to the polls at the start of its rather overwhelming general...
Talk of the town: The UK's unwanted immigrants
A sobering and substantial piece of work by London-based photographer Abbie Trayler-Smith seems to have made an instant impression in the city this week. An exhibition of her stark images of rejected asylum seekers still living in the UK...
Reuters honours conflict photographers
Reuters has announced the winners of its own internal journalism awards for 2008.Notable among the winners were Goran Tomasevic's image of a US soldier in action against the Taleban in Afghanistan, named as Photograph of the Year.Belgrade-born Tomasevic began working...
Adam Blenford on Photojournalism:
Adam Blenford is a London-based journalist and photographer covering international news online for the BBC. He has reported from the...